Rehumanizing Public Spaces
I've noticed that metro cars and stations are lacking a human element, especially with the monotonous color schemes. One think of the solitude and isolation found in Edward Hopper paintings.
I've noticed that metro cars and stations are lacking a human element, especially with the monotonous color schemes. One think of the solitude and isolation found in Edward Hopper paintings.
Posted 05.07.2012
Following in the footsteps of Walker Evans, a young Stanley Kubrick, during his tenure as a staff photographer for Look magazine in the 1940s, capture...
Posted 04.30.2012
Some people, in Rihanna's words, really have run out of f**ks to give. Like these two gentleman straphangers who, according to the description on ...
Posted 04.25.2012
A hint to all the pervs aboard the New York City subway: people will take your picture. Here are three examples from just this past week. The NYPD ...
Posted 04.17.2012
Sure, the teens in this video don't get hit, but jumping onto the train tracks in the New York City subway is always a bad idea New York. Always. T...
AP | TOM HAYS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 04.14.2012
NEW YORK — An American-born jihadist who joined al-Qaida could testify for the government in the upcoming trial of a man accused in a plot to bo...
Posted 04.14.2012
Finally, a solution to all of New York City's subway fights: simply find someone to stand in between the aggressors and nonchalantly munch on chips. ...
John Lundberg | Posted 04.01.2012
Whether you've been missing your daily dose of literature, or you just want something to read other than Dr. Zizmor's ubiquitous dermatology ads, you'll be happy to hear that poetry is coming back to New York's subway system.
Posted 03.29.2012
Morning commuters were treated to free train rides Wednesday morning courtesy of the 99 percent. "Free entry, no fares collected," read official-looki...
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2012
NEW YORK — A restaurant cook convicted of shoving a stranger into the side of an oncoming New York City subway train has been sentenced to 15 years ...
Posted 02.22.2012
An iPhone theft on the subway Friday resulted in an 81-year-old man being thrown onto the tracks, The New York Daily News reports. The old man was ...
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 04.16.2012
NEW YORK — Already serving 200 years in prison for killing four people in a bloody rampage, Maksim Gelman grinned on his way into court Wednesda...
Posted 02.15.2012
MTA chief Joseph Lhota does not support State Senator Bill Perkin's bill in Albany to ban eating on the subway--and may not be a fan of the Senator hi...
AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 02.11.2012
NEW YORK -- The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of destroying evidence and lying ...
Posted 02.02.2012
This is believable for the first few minutes, even eliciting warm feelings and an "Only in New York"-type of pride. Awww, you think, what a beautiful ...
Posted 02.01.2012
There's something sketchy about selling puppies out of a bag while on the train (we've contacted the ASCPA for comment and will update when we hear ba...
Posted 02.01.2012
Today in beautiful subway performances, we give you this: a man's moving rendition of Adele's "Someone Like You" on the platform at 86th Street. Ev...
Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.01.2012
A lesson I learned early on as an art teacher is that the artwork your students make is not your own creation, not in the way the work you yourself create as an artist is.
Posted 01.18.2012
A surly straphanger curled up underneath a seat caused a Bronx-bound D train to be evacuated early Friday morning. The New York Times reports an o...
AP | Posted 01.17.2012
NEW YORK -- New York City transit workers say they'll continue working even though their contract has expired. Spokesman Jim Gannon of Transport Work...
Posted 01.09.2012
Well, we knew this day would come. Starting tonight, a winter of weeknight subway closures is upon us as the MTA attempts, in a series of fell swoops,...
Yvahn Martin | Posted 02.14.2012
There he stood, clearly out of his mind. Stark images recalled from Barry Michael Cooper's essay "Requiem for the Zooted" made me speculate whether or not he was the modern day legacy of that tumultuous NYC combo of the 70′s.
HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.13.2011
NEW YORK -- When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a $320-million reduction in the downstate payroll tax on Monday, the MTA, which runs New York City's sub...
Posted 12.09.2011
There's sad Keanu, there's happy Keanu and now, gentleman Keanu? The top post on Reddit this Friday is a video of Keanu Reeves kindly giving up his...
Posted 12.07.2011
With all the subway's fights, flashers, idiot surfers and "well-educated" passengers, it's nice to see a video of a straphanger just taking one in the...
Noah Fitzgerel | Posted 05.07.2012